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BASE PLATE.

APPLIOATION FILED 001.30, 1911.

.Patented May 21, 1912.

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FRANK S. PARRIGIN, 0F ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA.

BASE-PLATE.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK S. PARRIGIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Augustine, in the county of St. John, State of Florida,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Base-Plates; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention rrelates to new and useful improvements in base platesfor engagement with railway ties and rails.

An object of this invention is the provision of` a novelly constructedbase plate whichfl. adapted to engage the ties, rails and fish plates atthe meeting ends of a pair of rails and hold the same securely againstdisplacement.

Anotherl object of this invention is to improve and simplify devices ofthis character rendering them comparatively simple and inexpensive tomanufacture, reliable and eflicient in use and readily operated.

With the above and other objects in view this invention resides in thenovel features of construction, formations, combinations andarrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimedand illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof. Fig.3 is a transverse sectional view thereof. Fig. 4 is a longitudinalsectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a top planview of the base plate removed, and Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectionalview thereof.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by similar characters ofreference throughout the several views, the numeral 10 designatesgenerally the meeting ends of a pair of rails, each of which com rises ahead 11, outwardly extending base anges 12 and a connecting web 13, thesaid rail ends being mounted upon the customary ties 14. A base plate 15underlies the base flan es 12 of the rail ends and rests upon the ties14. The opposite longitudinal edges of the base Specieation of LettersPatent.

Application filed October 30, 1911.

Patented May 21, 1912.

itfilfiibii iii plate are bent as at 16 to produce de pending extensions17 which project between the adjacent sides of the ties 14 andhorizontal extensions 18 enlarged adjacent the inner edges of the bends16, as indicated by the numeral 19 to produce seats 20 located in planesabove the upper surface of the base plate 15 and parallel thereto.

The outer ends of the extensions 18 are provided with verticallyextending lateral flanges 21 for engagement with the lower edges of thefish plates 22 which engage the opposite sides of the rail ends and aresecurely retained thereon against displacement by the usual clampingbolts 23. The enlargements 19 of the extensions 18 are each providedwith vertically extending openings 24 which aline with slots 25 formedin the lower edges of the fish plates 22. These openings and slots 24and 25 receive the shanks of spikes 26 which engage the ties andsecurely hold the fish plates and base plates against any undesiredlongitudinal movement.

The heads of the spikes 26 rest upon the edges of the flanges 21 andrest upon the fish plates 22 for the purpose of preventing any undesireddisplacement thereof.

From the foregoing disclosures taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it will be manifest that a base )late of the nature describedis provided which will fulfil all of the necessary requirements of sucha device.

Having thus fully described this invention what I claim as new anddesire to protect by Letters Patent, is:

The combination with the meeting ends of a pair of rails and supportingties therefor, of a base plate underlying the base flanges of the saidrail ends and resting upon the ties, depending extensions provided uponthe longitudinal edges of the base plate and extending between the tiesfor engagement with the adjacent faces thereof, horizontal extensionsprovided upon the longitudinal edges of the base plate between the saiddepending extensions, enlargements formed upon the horizontal extensionsin planes above the plane of the upper side of the base plate andparallel thereto, vertiture, in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK S. PARRIGIN.

cally extending lateral flanges formed upon the outer sides of theenlargements, fish plates engaging the opposite sides of the rails andresting upon the seats produced by the parallel faces of theenlargements and engaging the lateral extensions land spikes passingthrough slots formed in the lower edges of the fish plates and openingsformed Vitnesses:

E. E. BRUN,

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Copies of this patent `may be .obtained for ve Vcents each, bynaddressing the Commissioner Aof Patents, Washington, D. G. i

